The list
Zarina gives you every possible name. Using her clues, you eliminate suspects until only a short pool is left.
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Zarina left a list.
A free daily case on your phone, and print investigations on the way. Mark the list, dig through the files, prove the killer. It starts as a list. It ends as a case.
Available now
Zarina Left a List
One new murder-mystery elimination case each day. Free on the App Store and Google Play from Champlicity Games.
The series
Eliminate. Investigate. Prove.
Zarina Files is a Champlicity Games series of murder-mystery elimination investigations: a free daily mobile case now, and physical Pocket and Expanded books on the way. Readers start with everyone who could have done it, cross off names using clues, dig into denser evidence on the survivors, and prove the killer.
Zarina curates the files — she is not the victim, mascot, or omniscient detective. She leaves you the list and trusts you to finish the case.
How a book works
Three stages. One killer.
The deep dive
For the names still in, you dig into denser evidence — records, then files — until the pool can't shrink without a real reason.
The proof
When you're done, one name should still fit. Check it behind the solution seal with the key in your copy.
First investigations
Books in the series.
The Rimeholt Unpleasantness
A Zarina Files Pocket Investigation
Mid-mountain awards night. A closed dining room. A bad year for someone. The first Pocket book — compact, sharp, and built to finish in a sitting or two.
In developmentCruise Port Case
A Zarina Files Expanded Investigation
Port day at Monteclare — six ships, Riddling Hall, an excursion clock. A much larger investigation with more records, more cross-checks, more time in the files.
Coming nextTwo styles
Pocket or Expanded.
About 500 names — built to finish without a weekend hostage situation. Ideal first Zarina Files experience.
Expanded
A much larger investigation — tens of thousands of candidates, more records, more cross-checks, more time in the files. Same method; different scale.
Play today. Books next.
Download Zarina Left a List free on iOS and Android. For print casebooks, samples, and the book waitlist, visit zarinafiles.com.